• Location: Central Core of Arla Town, Inner Ring
• Address: Poseidon Street 1
• Surroundings: Directly opposite the Arla Town Guarding Trooper Station

From its founding in late 2626 until destruction in early 2631, Arla Town’s Local Community Center served as the exohuman settlement’s administrative hub, public assembly hall, and referendum venue. It housed the elected Contact Person’s office, civil-registry archives, and two-week balloting booths. In its modest sub-basement lay the Arla Local GAIA Micro-Hub — a Tier-C “mini-GAIA” node offering basic permit services and emergency simulations.

The building fell into ruin during the Great War and stands overgrown among the remains of the fish factory and docks in the Gamma Age.

• Construction Material: Prefabricated alloy-frame panels over locally sourced wood, with simple polyglass windows
• Floors: Ground-floor foyer & assembly hall; second-floor offices & archives; shallow sub-basement GAIA alcove
• Façade: Functional, modular panels with exposed wood struts — reflecting the settlement’s provisional purpose
• Roof Fixtures: Short-wave signal antenna – connected to the Short Wave Radio Network – linking the Micro-Hub to the GAIA network

Sub-Basement – Arla GAIA Micro-Hub Alcove

• Optical Module Rack: Single photonic processor bank in reinforced frame
• Power & Cooling: Primary Quantum Fusion Battery (≈18 months autonomy)
• Emergency Egress: 20 m lateral escape shaft leading to the Guarding Trooper Station
• Access Control: Salvaged security door from the Last Frontier, guarded by a stationed Guarding Bot

Ground Floor – Public Foyer & Assembly Hall

• Foyer: Bulletin boards, proposal drop-slots, and a single rugged holo-kiosk for basic GAIA queries
• Assembly Hall: Simple bench rows facing a dais for the Contact Person
• Referendum Booths: Two secure ballot stations; overseen by a Guarding Bot during votes
• Public Restrooms: Two unisex stalls with AuroraSan fixtures

Second Floor – Administration & Records

• Contact Person’s Office: Desk and visitor bench, basic holo-interface for referendum results and permit logs
• Clerk’s Alcove: Civil-registry ledgers, land-title files, permit applications
• Archive: Shelved scrolls, parchment deeds, and a small cache of Shellac Records containing occasional GAIA updates
• Staff Restroom: One unisex stall with AuroraSan fixtures

Exterior Grounds

• Courier Desk: Drop-off for official notices and GAIA query slips
• Hoo Parking Zone: Tether posts for visiting and courier Hoos

Perpetual twilight and a fine mist from Lake Arla’s infamous “Haze Doom” drift through simple polyglass windows into a utilitarian foyer scented of damp wood, fresh parchment — and the faint, briny tang of smoked fish. The hush of distant waves mingles with the soft whirr of the lone holo-kiosk. In the assembly hall, shafts of dusk-filtered light slant across worn wooden benches as settlers queue at the ballot booths, mist curling around their boots. Outside, Guarding Bots patrol silent circuits over weathered planks, their soft servo-whirrs the only indication of order in the mist-laden air.

• Contact Person (1): Chairs assemblies; carries Arla Town’s proposals to quarterly Settler’s Council sessions
• Clerk (1): Maintains records, issues permits, tallies referendum ballots
• Ballot Monitors (1): Oversees ballot stations during referenda
• GAIA Operator (1): Maintains Micro-Hub integrity, runs emergency simulations
• Guarding Bots (1): Guards entrance and sub-basement access
• Cleaning Bot (1): The Cleaning Bot sweeps floors, clears drop-slots, maintains restrooms

• Lobby Hours: 08:00–16:00, Monday–Saturday
• Permit Desk: 08:00–12:00, Monday–Saturday
• Assembly Hours: Wednesdays, 10:00–14:00 for petitions and briefings
• Referendum Periods: Quarterly two-week voting window (weeks 1–6 propose; 7–10 vote)
• GAIA Availability: Micro-Hub open to certified users 12 h/day; sleeps 12 h/day to conserve limited QFB charge
• Emergency Override: Contact Person can briefly re-power Micro-Hub during crises

• Emergency Lockdown: Blast doors seal assembly hall via the Contact Person’s office switch
• Guarding Bot–Secured Entry: Armed Guarding Bot at main door (equipped with Stun Gun) and a Combat Drone,
• GAIA Hub Security Door: Salvaged Last Frontier door locks sub-basement; Guarding Bot enforces clearance
• Ballot Period Patrol: Extra Guarding Bot patrols the hall during referenda

Legal Interactions

• Present a “prioritized proposal” to the Contact Person
• Submit GAIA prompts at the holo-kiosk (basic emergency or permit queries)
• Request civil records or land-title inspections
• File building-permit or smokehouse-stall applications
• Register or update voter enrollment at the clerk’s alcove
• Participate in public assemblies (Wednesdays)
• Vote in the annual Contact Person election
• Cast ballots during quarterly referenda

Illegal Interactions

• Blackmail the Contact Person to demand fishing permits
• Ambush off-hours and steal the Micro-Hub’s QFB or server modules
• Tamper with holo-kiosk software to block rival proposals
• Forge clerk’s records to claim unauthorized fishing rights

• Last Catch Heist – A notorious poacher arrives to register illegally harvested “giant lake perch.” When the Clerk refuses, the poacher seizes the clerk hostage inside the Community Center. PCs must track him through flooded smokehouses and abandoned docks to rescue the clerk and recover the stolen fish …

• Beta Age
• Free State of Settlers
• Legal & Governmental System (Beta Age)
• Settler’s Council
• Community Centers
• Role of the Contact Person
• GAIA
• Local GAIA Hubs
• Great War